“Slim women are often accused of being self-absorbed, obsessive, eating like a rabbit or in Jools’ case not bonding with her child and failing to help other women.

“The implicit suggestion being fatter or at the very least not flaunting her thinness would be a major contribution to womankind everywhere.

“Can we please stop this double standard? Attacking thin people and making assumptions is just as bad as attacking those overweight and referring to them as lazy, lacking in self-control or undisciplined.

“The reasons people are thin are as varied as those who are more generously proportioned.”

Oliver gave birth to her fifth child on 8 August 2016. She and Jamie Oliver are also parents to Poppy, 14, Daisy, 12, Petal, six, and Buddy, five.